Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.C.3.1.3
Grade 04 Science - EC: S4.C.3.1.3
Continuum of Activities
The list below represents a continuum of activities: resources categorized by Standard/Eligible Content that teachers may use to move students toward proficiency. Using LEA curriculum and available materials and resources, teachers can customize the activity statements/questions for classroom use.
This continuum of activities offers:
- Instructional activities designed to be integrated into planned lessons
- Questions/activities that grow in complexity
- Opportunities for differentiation for each student’s level of performance
Related Academic Standards / Eligible Content
Activities
- What are the 4 cardinal directions?
- What are the 4 intermediate directions?
A student uses the map below to describe the locations of different states. In questions #3-5, identify which state she is describing.
- This state is directly north of Mexico. It is east of New Mexico, south of Oklahoma, and west of Louisiana.
- This state is on the east coast. It is north of South Carolina, east of Tennessee, and south of Virginia.
- This state is in the center of the United States. It is north of Missouri, south of Minnesota, east of Nebraska, and west of Illinois.
Use the map below to answer questions #6-8
- In which direction would you travel if you were driving from Pittsburg to Lebanon?
- In which direction would you travel if you were driving from Philadelphia to New Castle?
- Describe the directions you would travel if you were driving from Towanda to York with a stop in Mifflintown before you arrived in York.
- You are on your school’s playground and a new student asks you for directions to the nearest restroom. How would you tell him how to get there?
- Before the invention of GPS, sailors used the stars for navigation. Sailors used stars that were easy to locate such as the North Star. Why do you think stars were a useful navigation tool? Explain your thinking.
Answer Key/Rubric
- North, south, east, west
- Northeast, southeast, southwest, northwest
- Texas
- North Carolina
- Iowa
- East
- Northwest
- Southwest to Mifflintown then southeast to York
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Specify which door to go in and reference what it is near
- Direction to turn in hallways
- References to specific landmarks in school
- Acceptable responses may include, but are not limited to:
- Always in the same spot in the sky
- Bright stars can be seen on most nights
- No landmarks in the ocean to determine your exact location
